Jerry: Osgood, I’m gonna level with you. We can’t get married at all.
Osgood: Why not?
Jerry: Well, in the first place, I’m not a natural blonde.
Osgood: Doesn’t matter.
Jerry: I smoke! I smoke all the time!
Osgood: I don’t care.
Jerry: Well, I have a terrible past. For three years now, I’ve been living with a saxophone player.
Osgood: I forgive you.
Jerry: [tragically] I can never have children!
Osgood: We can adopt some.
Jerry: But you don’t understand, Osgood! Ohh… [Jerry pulls off his wig] I’m a man!
Osgood: [shrugs] Well, nobody’s perfect.
Those are the closing lines of the greatest comedy of all time, as ranked by American Film Institute, namely, Some Like It Hot.
These lines came to mind because last night I checked the Amazon page for my new 10 Commandments book.
I published the book back in May, and though reviews were slow to come at first, I have amassed 46 reviews so far. Well, 46 ratings, from 1 to 5 stars, most of which don’t actually have any kind of review text beyond the number of stars.
So far, while I’ve gotten a couple 4-star ratings and even a 3-star, all the actual thoughtful reviews with written words were accompanied by 5 star ratings as well.
Until last night.
I now have a new text-based review, only 4 stars, which says:
“Book is 5 stars really but nothings perfect… This book seriously is a must read as you will understand at a deeper level human nature…”
What to say?
I give this reviewer 4 stars. I would give him or her 5 stars for the nice things said about my book… but nobody’s perfect.
In any case, if you STILL haven’t yet read my “must-read” book that will help you “understand at a deeper level human nature” — and you know who you are, and I know you are reading — then here’s where to find the number one comedy… and pickup… and con game… and hypnosis… and sales etc. book, as rated by the BFI, the Bejako Fund of Infotainment: